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Akitake Kōno

Born 1911-10-08

Died 1978-03-17

📍 Nagasaki, Japan

Akitake Kōno (河野秋武 Kōno Akitake, 8 October 1911 – 17 March 1978) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973.

Kōno started acting with the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1942. Mostly a character actor, he appeared in films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi as well on television.

Filmography 135

Miyamoto Musashi

as Kimura Sukekuro

The Viper Brothers

as Kingoro The Tattoo Master

Okatsu the Fugitive

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

Farewell, My Beloved

Traveling in Party

Heiji, the Detective

Invitation to Jail

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

as Toyomatsu Inoue

Nerves for Victory

Japan's Most Chivalrous

as Gennosuke Shioya

Flame and the Code

as Sadamitsu Gonda

King of the Highway

Adventures of Zatoichi

as Intendant Gorota Kajima

The Scarlet Camellia

The Shape of Night

Ocean Floor Crime #1

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha

Umineko ga tonde

Mid-August Commotion

as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka

Zankokuna tsuki

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey

The Conspirator

Restoration Fire

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia

Kanbi no san-tō shain

as Division chief Sawamura

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

A Fishwife's Tale

The Harbor Lights

Castle of Flames

Challenge Beneath the Waves

The Last Trump Card

as Seigo Nakatsuka

Hunting Opium-Eaters

Ninja Assassins

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

The Man of Seven Faces

as Jukichi Arao

One Passed Through Hell

Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû

Police Precinct Part 12

When a Woman Loves

Sword of Vision

as Okubo Hikozaemon

Souls in the Moonlight III

Happily Tied to the Road

The Hidden Treasure

The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight

The Big Scoop: The Third Woman

The Bastards of Lawless Town

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Doctor Kimura

Points and Lines

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi

as Furutaka Shuntaro

おばこ船頭さん

Souls in the Moonlight II

as Momozo Zenriki

Wind, Woman and Road

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

Small Rats of the Edo Town

The Temptress and the Monk

as Medicine seller

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Flesh Smuggling

Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Ejima and Ikushima

as 奥山好竹院

The Samurai of Edo

Taira Clan Saga

as 大導寺平馬

The Dancer and Two Warriors

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

The Black Current

The Story of Shunkin

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge

Sansho the Bailiff

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love

Hana no shôgai

as 多田一郎

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

as 是枝七郎左衛門

The Cannery Boat

Tower of Lilies

Chronicle of the Bulbul

Dawn Fifteen of August

as Junji Yoshida

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

治郎吉格子

Lantern Under a Full Moon

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

Till We Meet Again

Town of Violence

as Haruyoshi Kobayashi

No Regrets for Our Youth

As Long as I Live

An Enemy of the People

Three Women of the North

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

as Kazuma Hochino

Duel at Yagyu Valley

as Shinohara Samanosuke

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

as Genzaburo Higaki

The Most Beautiful

as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

Sanshiro Sugata

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

The Gion Tempest